Football 10 Essential Bulls: George Selvie

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By JIM LOUK

 

Voice of the Bulls

 

TAMPA, JULY 25, 2014 - I can’t recall any particular excitement when George Selvie signed with USF out of Pine Forest High School in Pensacola.  He took a redshirt year at the beginning, but after winning the Overachiever Award for work in the Bulls strength and conditioning program in 2005, there was hope he’d turn out to be a serviceable center for USF.

 

Yes, center.  Can you imagine?

 

Selvie was moved to defensive end before his redshirt freshman season in 2006, and the carnage soon began.  He was tall and somewhat slender for a defensive end, but was strong and athletic. In 2006, the Bulls won their first bowl game, and Selvie was a big part of it.  He had 83 tackles (15 for loss), 5.5 sacks, and nine quarterback hits.  He was around the ball, forcing four fumbles and recovering two. 

 

But those impressive numbers were only a prelude to 2007, when Selvie had a year to rival Jason Pierre-Paul’s monster 2009 season as arguably the greatest year a USF defender has ever had.

 

He came out of the gate fast, getting four sacks against Elon in the season opener on Sept. 1, 2007. While the Bulls went on a roller coaster ride of inconsistency that year, Selvie stayed steady. By the time season ended at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, he had earned consensus All-America honors.   

 

 

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[GaUSFBull]

He was BEAST in the 2008 Kansas game ...

[The Great 8]

GOAT

[BiggTipp]

I think he had 3 or 4 against UNC that year too

[DELdaBull]

Bum

[GaUSFBull]

Bum

Ummmm ...

What?

[Skingraft]

Bum

😮

[charsibb]

Jersey #2 to be retired.

 

3 days left, who will they be?

 

Jenkins? Taurus? Daniels? Lndsey? Moffitt?

[NCBull]

Jersey #2 to be retired.

Cosign again!!

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